296 Mr. D. Don's Descriptions of new Genera and Species 



1. A. ilicifolia. 



In America Meridionali. Joannes Fraser. ^ . 



From the preceding, Anastraphia is readily distinguished by 

 the insertion of its stamina and by the structure of its pappus, 

 the rays of which are disposed in a single series. The specimen 

 in the Lambertian herbarium was received from the late Mr. 

 Fraser, but in what part of South America it was collected is 

 not known. 



Pentaphorus. 



Stamina limbi sinubus inserta. Pappi racliis setaceo-compla- 

 natis, serrulatis, multiplici ordine collocatis. Involucrum 

 5-florum, cylindricum, connivens. 



Involucrum oblongum, cylindraceum, polyphyllum, imbricatum: 

 squamis lanceolatis, acuminatis, coriaceis, adpressis, lanu- 

 ginosis ; interioribus conniventibus. Receptaculum nudum. 

 Flosculi 5, tubulosi, hermaphroditi, basin versus sensim 

 angustati, limbo 5-partiti : segmentis linearibus, apice cras- 

 siore obtusis, revolutis. Stamina intra limbi lacinias in- 

 serta : filamenta tantum e sinubus superne libera, capillaria, 

 glabra : anthene in tubum coalitas, basi bicalcaratee (cal- 

 caribus linearibus, complanatis, acutis), appendice lanceo- 

 late, mucronata (mucrone tenui, elongato), coriacea, rigiclA. 

 coronata3. Stylus filiformis, glaber. Stigma bilobum : lobis 

 lingulatis, pruinosis, recurvis. Achenia trigona, dense vil- 

 losa. Pappus persistens : radiis setaceis, complanatis, te- 

 nuissime serrulatis, mucronulatis, ina?qualibus, multiplici 

 ordine collocatis ; intimis latioribus. 



Frutex procumbens f ramosissimus, diffusus. Rami teretes, cor- 

 tice kevi, fusco vestiti. Ramuli rloriferi conferti, brevissimi, 

 foliosi, pubescentes, semunciales. Folia allerna, sessilia, vi.v 

 ilia Buxi magnitudine adcequantia, obovata, mucronulata, in- 



tcgerrima, 



